Authorities identify man killed in Sunnyvale police shooting

SUNNYVALE -- A man who was shot to death by Sunnyvale police after allegedly coming at an officer with a hammer has been identified as 36-year-old Jason White.

White, whose city of residence was not clear to coroner's officials, was shot Saturday evening during a confrontation with officers from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety that stemmed from a police call reporting that White was assaulting his mother.

Police said arriving officers spotted White standing outside near Tartarian Way and Middlebury Drive with a hammer in his hand. One officer approached him and ordered him to drop the hammer, but White reportedly refused and charged the officer, who opened fire.

The officers gave White first aid before he was taken to Stanford Hospital, where he died from his wounds.

Further details about the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available. The officer who fired his weapon is a 14-year police veteran who was placed on administrative leave while detectives launch an investigation monitored by the District Attorney's Office, which is routine in officer-involved shootings.